An Engineering and Design Update from Director of the Project Center Brad Niven Engineering Design 1 classes have started their first project: to design and build a truss bridge spanning 18 inches using dried spaghetti and hot glue. The bridge must weigh less than 250 grams and be at least 2 inches wide. Trusses are …
Professional Development in Action: Colin Williams
“Sometimes a fresh approach or technique is all a teacher needs to be more effective in the classroom. For Colin Williams, a music and humanities teacher at The Bay School in San Francisco, part of that approach is making his band students sing." Read more about the creative strategies Colin gleaned from his professional development …
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Experiences: Visiting the Presidio Chapel
Colin Williams took his junior history class to Presidio Chapel on Monday. To complement their discussion about The New Deal among other topics, students took time to “read” Victor Arnautoff’s 1935 fresco depicting the Presidio’s founding. Between notes and questions, students delved into historical topics both national and local. Take a look! To view all …
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African American Spirituality & Philosophy Class at Bay
Darrick Broudy, a humanities teacher at Bay, talks about his African American Spirituality and Philosophy class. Thanks, Darrick! The African American Spirituality and Philosophy course examines the African American experience with a particular emphasis upon the following: African American perceptions of the world around them from their arrival to America as slaves to the modern …
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The Robotics Challenge
Welcome to Robotics! The Robotics class is the first class to take advantage of the new Project Center at Bay. Brad Niven is the Project Center director and teacher of the robotics class and has led a group of fearless students into the world of robots. The project details: Brad asked the 4 teams of …
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